Report No. 11

23. Difference in figures and words.-

If the amount undertaken or ordered to be paid is stated differently in figures and in words, the amount stated words shall be the amount undertaken or ordered to be paid:

Provided that if the words are ambiguous or uncertain, reference may be had to the figures to fix the amount.1

1. See section 17(1), NIL (USA).

[Section 18]

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